The Art Directors Guild (ADG; IATSE Local 800) is a labor union and local of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) representing 3,200 motion picture and television professionals in the United States and Canada. The ADG's sponsored activities include a film society, the annual ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards, an art gallery called Gallery 800, technology training programs, and the professional quarterly news magazine Perspective. Membership Local 800 has four main craft classifications: Art Directors (including Production Designers) Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists Illustrators and Matte Artists Set Designers and Model Makers In addition, the ADG has recently included previs artists into their membership. Individual crafts represented by the ADG: Production designers Art directors Assistant art directors Set designers Graphic artists Illustrators Matte artists Model makers Scenic artists Previs artists Origins Art Directors Guild The Art Directors Guild was originally named the Society of Motion Picture Art Directors (SMPAD), which was founded by 59 Art Directors on May 6, 1937, at a meeting at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. After World War II, many "below the line" industry labor organizations, including SMPAD, signed on with the IATSE for overall union representation. SMPAD became more active, grew in membership, and expanded opportunities as television developed. In 1967 the Society included "television" to their name before settling on its current moniker, the "Art Directors Guild" in 1998. The Art Directors Guild included only men until 1972. Production designer Polly Platt was the first woman inducted into the Guild, in 1972. Toby Carr Rafelson was the second woman inducted. Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists The creation of its own local (formerly known as Local 816) in March 1949 marked the first time the Hollywood Scenic Artists and Title Artists had its own local representing its unique needs. Previously, the members were part of Local 644 of the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) working in film and theater. The overwhelming majority of Local 644's membership, however, had been made up of set painters and paperhangers and included set designers as well. It was not until the dissolution of the CSU after a long series of bitterly contested strikes that the scenic artists were able to organize exclusively. Those artists had been pioneers in their field, responsible for devising and developing the methods used to create representational scenery unsurpassed anywhere in the world. The size and strength of the local grew with